Russian Sanitary Service Urges Ban on Georgian Wine Import
Russia’s chief sanitary inspector Gennady Onishenko has recommended that the country’s customs service ban the import of wine from Georgia and Moldova, citing “violation requirements of state sanitary-epidemiological rules and norms.”
In a letter sent to the head of the Russian customs service Aleksandr Zherikhov on March 25, the chief Russian sanitary inspector says inspection has revealed that “60% of the examined wines imported from these countries [Georgia and Moldova] in Moscow alone fail to meet requirements set by sanitary-epidemiological rules and norms on safety conditions.”
The letter also says that the Russia’s chief sanitary will stop issuing “sanitary-epidemiological conclusions” for Georgian and Moldovan wines starting from March 27.
